SBC) 



/;. iSptms r/ntii : 



Laigef tliau the siiccct'diiig siictii-s ; liind \viiij;.s Iiont ; tUi'cc coiispioiious 



abdoininal spots A. m imonaria. ~l 



Like A. rulrifroiiiuria, liut witli the liucs broader than usual A. ruhromnii/waria.^\ 



A line, iiitt'rni)itcd, reddish line at base of fringe A. ruhroliticuria. 



The two lines ou fore n ings veiy wide apart; frin{;e white J. latiar'm. 



The two lines apprnxiniate; fringe green A. appiuxiiiunin. 



Aplodks lar.KiFKONTAi.iA Puokai'd. Plate 10, fiy. 87. 



Hucliidypihi I iihi-ifiviilai id I'ael;., FiKh Kep. IVab. Acad. .Sc, 7G, \S':i. 



2 (} and .'! 9. — Front pale oclii-eons-ljnnvn; front edge and clypciis pale, 

 coneolorons, slii;hlly rosetite at tip; vertex white hetwecn the antennae, mar- 

 gined l)fliiiid with reddish. Antenr.iff pale testaeeons, whitish above. Wings 

 pea-green, as usual: eo.stal edge ot" primaries whitir ii: an inner, slightl}' enrved, 

 irregidarl}-nndidating line; ;ui outer, more distinet, straight line, a little waved 

 just liefore the eosia, wiiere it liccomes obsolete; outer half of fringe rosa- 

 eeons; fringe rosy on tip of the fon^ wings. On the secondarie-s but one line, 

 1)ent u good deal in the middle. Beneath, palei', the lines appearing faintly 

 through. TIkjI'ux green, a white (sometimes red) blister at base of abdomen; 

 on third and tbiirth abdominal rings a white spot, margined irregularly with 

 dull oehreous or entirely reddish; beyond white. Legs concolorous with 



the front. 



« 



Length of body, J, 0.40, 9, 0.40; of fore wing, J, 0.53, 9, O.GO; 

 expanse of wings, 1.10-1.25 iiuhes. 



Brnnswieli, 5Ie , June G, in open fields near pine-woods (Paekard); 

 JIassaehnsctts (Sanborn) : Chicago, III. (Wescott) ; Victoria, Vancouver 

 Island, Jidy (Crotch); Sierra Nevada (Croteli, JIus. Comp. Zoijl.). 



Th(^ oehreoiis-brown Iront, legs, and ])al[)i tipped with rosaceous, iha 

 alxlomen green at base, with the conspicuous blister, white in the male and 

 red in the I'emale, and the two succeeding dull reddish spots, ami the red 

 sjjot on Iht^ fiinge at th(> apex of the for(^ wings, will distinguish this not 

 imconnnou spe('ies. 



I am imabhi (o <lelect any diderences between the Pacific and Atl<mt!e 

 coast indivi(bials in the markings or colors. The ieniale from Sierra Nevada 

 is slightly larger tiian the female from Chicago, the; fore wing of the lljrmer 

 measuring O.G.'j and that of the latter O.GO inch. In a specimen I'rom Texas, 

 there are l()nr discal spots; in other respects, it docs not seein to diil'er froui 

 nort hern speciMiu'iis. 



